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this is in the fix and it looks at top romney advisors comment. he said when you have somebody of your own race you're proud of being president of the united states. i aplude collin for standing with him. that's when asked about his endorsement of president obama. he later backed off that the aserlings was based on race. that's in the "washington post" this morning. and one last tweet. viven writes in -- thanks for all of your calls. coming up on the show we'll look at the latest in campaign finances in campaign 2012. and later on our series on iowa. we'll be right back. >> all of our e-mail is stored on a server at google >>> and it's interesting we as a society have given our information out. >> we were looking into cyber and cyber security and cyber war. the pentagon had declared cyberspace the environment of people and machines and networks as a new do main of war. and yet, we realize that maybe one in a thousand people understood what cyberspace was and the degree and denth of vellner abilities and so what we're trying to do is take pieces of
this is in the fix and it looks at top romney advisors comment. he said when you have somebody of your own race you're proud of being president of the united states. i aplude collin for standing with him. that's when asked about his endorsement of president obama. he later backed off that the aserlings was based on race. that's in the "washington post" this morning. and one last tweet. viven writes in -- thanks for all of your calls. coming up on the show we'll look at the latest in...
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i am leaning toward running right now -- romney right now. when the latinos get pulled over, they cannot haller discrimination anymore. so they will just take everybody to the border. host: what makes you want to vote for romney? his health plan is different than president obama's and it worked out pretty good. host: paul is a governor romney supporter in florida. caller: my main issue with the president and why i support mr. romney is be our small business owner and the regulations that have been coming down through the obama administration are just killing us. we are being regulated to death. we are in a home health-care business. when mr. obama says he does not regulate as much as bush does, that's not true in our business. host: have you ever voted for democrat? caller: yes, i've been a democrat before. i was a city manager before i owned a business and was very active in local government and did things like that. so i understand how government works and how it makes revenue and deals with things. being a business owner, now, i understand
i am leaning toward running right now -- romney right now. when the latinos get pulled over, they cannot haller discrimination anymore. so they will just take everybody to the border. host: what makes you want to vote for romney? his health plan is different than president obama's and it worked out pretty good. host: paul is a governor romney supporter in florida. caller: my main issue with the president and why i support mr. romney is be our small business owner and the regulations that have...
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we just have two leaders right now. you know, mitt romney and barack obama. really just argue and they don't respect the other's opinions. like you have the whole ann romney thing yesterday where the president was backing off the comment in the democratic commentator because he wanted to be in favor of the -- and you have the romney team attacking barack obama and his allies and distorting the issue for their own political advantage even though that moral liskly, they should be -- moral liskically, it's a respectable issue. host: thanks for your call. on facebook, danny anson is commenting on the nebraska senate race. he writes -- host: our next caller is from virginia where it's an open senate seat. jim webb is retiring. caller: we have our primary coming up at the end of this month with jane racky and george allen and george allen will probably win. host: are you happy about that? caller: it doesn't matter because george alan is going to vote republican and tim kaine is going to vote democrat. so really, you're voting the majority party. it depends on how y
we just have two leaders right now. you know, mitt romney and barack obama. really just argue and they don't respect the other's opinions. like you have the whole ann romney thing yesterday where the president was backing off the comment in the democratic commentator because he wanted to be in favor of the -- and you have the romney team attacking barack obama and his allies and distorting the issue for their own political advantage even though that moral liskly, they should be -- moral...
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but when you think about it, on afghanistan, imagine right now that romney were president. you have the 2014 deadline for getting out. what else would you be doing? what it is that the deficits is doing now is withdrawing from an extremely uncomfortable operation that would take many, many more years than the u.s. right now has the appetite for. host: we saw the rise of the cold war. mitt romney has talked a lot about russia. how serious of a threat is that? what is the biggest threat? is it to russia? is it a third world country? where does this threat come from? guest: it is a terrific question. there was a time where, as a correspondent, i knew. i simply knew that i was in the middle of a great story. what the soviet union did would have a direct affect on my children, on all of america. so, i was interested in it. if you were. everybody was. if the cold war then ends. who, then, is our enemy? thus the united states require, for political and economic reasons, to have out there some large enemy? without the soviet union, whom do we have is what you're asking a moment ago
but when you think about it, on afghanistan, imagine right now that romney were president. you have the 2014 deadline for getting out. what else would you be doing? what it is that the deficits is doing now is withdrawing from an extremely uncomfortable operation that would take many, many more years than the u.s. right now has the appetite for. host: we saw the rise of the cold war. mitt romney has talked a lot about russia. how serious of a threat is that? what is the biggest threat? is it to...
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and then right below it, there will be a picture of mitt romney with a sneer and he's very angry, like he's yelling at a crowd. but when, in fact, there's thousands of pictures available of mitt romney with a beautiful smile on his face and really looking positive and happy. they refuse to print those pictures. for people who don't read but just look at pictures -- there's a lot of people like that. that's one thing that the mainstream media in print, in newspapers, the "new york times," "washington post," they do it all the time. they used to find every glowing picture possible of hillary clinton that they could find. host: all right, kevin, we're going to leave it there and move on to beverly in kearney, missouri, on our democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning, peter. host: how are you? caller: i'm fine. you look nice as usual. you know, you remind me of the richard gere in the movie "american gigolo." host: you used to say i looked like lance armstrong, i'll take that one too. now that we're beyond that -- caller: no, i mean the way he dressed. host: oh, all right. caller
and then right below it, there will be a picture of mitt romney with a sneer and he's very angry, like he's yelling at a crowd. but when, in fact, there's thousands of pictures available of mitt romney with a beautiful smile on his face and really looking positive and happy. they refuse to print those pictures. for people who don't read but just look at pictures -- there's a lot of people like that. that's one thing that the mainstream media in print, in newspapers, the "new york...
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newt gingrich lost. -- the right-wing is going to attack romney because they did not win. newt gingrich lost. they want to change the way that the finances work, the way that ought, the waycked health care is performed. the reason romney agree with some changes in the health care law is because this is george bush's plan. bush came up with the exchange between states where you can buy across state lines with coverage for your children. this is what president george bush proposed in 2004 or 2005. so i agree that need to be kept. i hope republicans win. i hope the man in massachusetts here is the agony in the indiana and the oklahoma caller. without the earned income credit, which was passed by richard nixon, there will be in many, many poor people. we. and- we have too many ngo's micro finance people, so-called neliberals seen as helping people but they are creating more bureaucracy, a so-called counselors who will help you to help yourself. -- the neoliberals. we can pay our own bills and take care ourselves while keeping an eye on the people who live on $12. we lost $7 tr
newt gingrich lost. -- the right-wing is going to attack romney because they did not win. newt gingrich lost. they want to change the way that the finances work, the way that ought, the waycked health care is performed. the reason romney agree with some changes in the health care law is because this is george bush's plan. bush came up with the exchange between states where you can buy across state lines with coverage for your children. this is what president george bush proposed in 2004 or...
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you will see governor romney lay out a clear vision for how to get iran to do the right thing. we are four years closer to it. what the president tried has not worked. other countries pressured us to do it. france was ahead of us on this. the other thing that is interesting about the story, if it is accurate, it sounds like the u.s. is taking a position where we are likely to jettison our allies. the last thing we would rot -- we would want to do right now is abandon our allies. they have actually been more forward beginning and we have been. host: that was senator portman talking yesterday on "meet the press." here is a follow-up peace from "the new york times." "the u.s. and iran denied plans for a talk on the eve of the debate." host: david axelrod talked about this yesterday on the "meet the press." here he is. [video clip] [no audio] >> the currency has dropped in value by 50%. they are feeling the heat. that is what the sanctions were meant to do. if they are sensible, they are looking at that and saying that it is time to set aside nuclear ambitions and save our economy.
you will see governor romney lay out a clear vision for how to get iran to do the right thing. we are four years closer to it. what the president tried has not worked. other countries pressured us to do it. france was ahead of us on this. the other thing that is interesting about the story, if it is accurate, it sounds like the u.s. is taking a position where we are likely to jettison our allies. the last thing we would rot -- we would want to do right now is abandon our allies. they have...
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they have admitted they are in the process of opening a plant there right now. host: do you say governor romney could have done better in how he presented at ad? vice-president biden called it "flagrantly dishonest" and said they're trying to scare the living double out of the people who had been hurt so badly over the previous four years before we came into office. guest: look, and not going to get into individual ads in television. if you have lived in ohio in the past six months, you have been bombarded. it is one thing the average person will talk to you out on the streets, the negativity of many of the ads and the accuracy of many of them. i know "the washington post" said it was not "pants on fire." there was some accuracy. i will just leave it at that. woodstock host:, georgia, republican line. -- host: woodstock, georgia. you are on with mr. bennett. caller: i am pleased to have this opportunity to say things. i hope the ground game of the republicans in ohio, that the people are telling the people there to do their research before they pull that lever.
they have admitted they are in the process of opening a plant there right now. host: do you say governor romney could have done better in how he presented at ad? vice-president biden called it "flagrantly dishonest" and said they're trying to scare the living double out of the people who had been hurt so badly over the previous four years before we came into office. guest: look, and not going to get into individual ads in television. if you have lived in ohio in the past six months,...
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host: all right, mary. on twitter -- when mitt romney is asked about this question, he frequently cites his wife, who has been more frequently on the campaign trail by herself, she had an interview this week with a radio station. let's listen. [audio clip] i guess we better on zip him and let out the real mitt romney. he's funny, engaging, he is witty, always playing jokes. when i met him when i was a teenager, he was the life of the party. you have to know, he is a very serious person and a very accomplished person. i'd think most of the time people see him in a debate setting or something else. host: a columnist tictabopickedp on and romney -- ann romney using the term "unzipped." next, miami, florida, celia, a democrat. good morning. caller: the republicans are a bunch of hypocrites, due to the fact they say government is overreaching, but if they want to tell and when she can have a baby. and they talk about the men have to pay for it. no. women work. if we get in trouble, we know how to take care of ou
host: all right, mary. on twitter -- when mitt romney is asked about this question, he frequently cites his wife, who has been more frequently on the campaign trail by herself, she had an interview this week with a radio station. let's listen. [audio clip] i guess we better on zip him and let out the real mitt romney. he's funny, engaging, he is witty, always playing jokes. when i met him when i was a teenager, he was the life of the party. you have to know, he is a very serious person and a...
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what is religion not being brought up right now? it is to protect mitt romney. you know i am telling the truth. i'm telling you right now, incest is at its worst in the state of utah. host: are you trying to make a correlation between mormons? caller: you put reverend wright out there but you will not say anything negative about the mormons. guest: despite the odious implication from the caller, i want to thank him for his military service. i don't know how to respond to this. utah is a great place and mormons are some of the most moral and nice wonderful people i have ever met in my life. he is making assertions that -- about incest but that is not a serious point every deserves a serious response. if you can point to mitt romney attending a church for 20 years that openly preach to incest, that would be one thing. that is not the case. the rev. right analogy is not apt. i think we should move on from that one. host: let's talk about how -- how governor romney opened up his spiritual experiences to the media over the weekend. reporters got to watch his family a
what is religion not being brought up right now? it is to protect mitt romney. you know i am telling the truth. i'm telling you right now, incest is at its worst in the state of utah. host: are you trying to make a correlation between mormons? caller: you put reverend wright out there but you will not say anything negative about the mormons. guest: despite the odious implication from the caller, i want to thank him for his military service. i don't know how to respond to this. utah is a great...
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mitt romney is probably at 24% right now. so they are really hurting in terms of the percentage they need. the problem is he has nothing to say. not just on immigration. where frankly it really surprised me and others in the audience where in addition to not saying anything about the 12 million undocumented immigrants that were here, in addition to not being able to say whether he would appeal the policy that president obama put forth, he talked about an electrified fence. and he also talked about wanting to fix legal immigration, which i completely agree with him. moth democrats do. but here's the problem that republicans really put themselves in when they talk about how much they love legal immigration and how much they don't like illegal immigrants. that, you are telling basically the community, there are a lot of mixed families in latino communities meaning you might have a mother and a father who are undocumented and kids who are citizens. or an aunt and uncle who are legal immigrants and cousins that are illegal. basica
mitt romney is probably at 24% right now. so they are really hurting in terms of the percentage they need. the problem is he has nothing to say. not just on immigration. where frankly it really surprised me and others in the audience where in addition to not saying anything about the 12 million undocumented immigrants that were here, in addition to not being able to say whether he would appeal the policy that president obama put forth, he talked about an electrified fence. and he also talked...
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the right to pursue happiness as richie's. >> watch and engaged as mitt romney and obama meet in their final debate. our debate previous starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern followed by the debate at 9. and your reaction at 10:30. all live on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from richmond va is joe thomas. the host of a show in charlottesville, virginia. thank you for being with us. guest: thank you for having us. host: virginia is one of the key states. that will determine who wins the election. give us a sense, as a conservative radio talk-show host, who will win and why. guest: it looks like mitt romney has been gaining momentum since the first debate. and we have been hearing from people who work the finances that the president's reelection campaign has significantly reduced their expenditures and all three of those states to focus on other states that they feel are more challenged in the presidential race. i do not know if he is conceding all 13 electoral votes or not, but it looks like mitt romney is ahead by about 2% point
the right to pursue happiness as richie's. >> watch and engaged as mitt romney and obama meet in their final debate. our debate previous starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern followed by the debate at 9. and your reaction at 10:30. all live on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from richmond va is joe thomas. the host of a show in charlottesville, virginia. thank you for being with us. guest: thank you for having us....
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who are you supporting right now? caller: i am looking toward romney. because, again, he has the business experience and the political and i believe he will be a person who will bring the parties together more so than obama. our country is divided so much -- in my lifetime i have never seen it like this. but i believe with what romney has said, too. i am from chicago and all of this is obama chicago politics. host: where is hudson, florida? caller: outside tampa. host: would you do? caller: i work with small businesses, sba, i tried to get businesses going. but i have to say the only way businesses are going to go is once obama is out of there and then i think everything will take off. host: hatch gets challenger. sinaloa's, democrat. what do you to think of the president's appointment yesterday of richard cordray? caller: i think it would be a very interesting court decision if it is ever challenged by a bank lender or anything like that. but i was very interested in your question to one of the gentleman that isn't it republicans jump to try to get the
who are you supporting right now? caller: i am looking toward romney. because, again, he has the business experience and the political and i believe he will be a person who will bring the parties together more so than obama. our country is divided so much -- in my lifetime i have never seen it like this. but i believe with what romney has said, too. i am from chicago and all of this is obama chicago politics. host: where is hudson, florida? caller: outside tampa. host: would you do? caller: i...
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now, because none of the major candidates are actually taking the money, either barack obama or mitt romney, from this pot. you have gary johnson, libertarian candidate, and a couple of others but really, nobody who is going to have an overrunning chance of winning the white house this year. it's game obsolete in 2008 when barack obama, who initially said he was going to take public presidential funding decided he was ultimately not going to take funding of this sort so that he could raise unlimited sums of money in the way that you can when you are a presidential candidate or any other candidate opting out of that system. host: about the presidential election campaign fund, it was created around the federal election campaign act of 1971, in the 1974 amendments to that act. it's administered by the sec. the fayouts are indexed to inflation and back in 1994, the checkoff on that one went from $1 to $3 that taxpayers could choose to allocate. the current fund balance as for the few months ago was $249 million. is there a cap on how much money can be sitting in that account? guest: i don't kno
now, because none of the major candidates are actually taking the money, either barack obama or mitt romney, from this pot. you have gary johnson, libertarian candidate, and a couple of others but really, nobody who is going to have an overrunning chance of winning the white house this year. it's game obsolete in 2008 when barack obama, who initially said he was going to take public presidential funding decided he was ultimately not going to take funding of this sort so that he could raise...
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i do not think that is right for america. mitt romney, where does he stand? yesterday his chief advisers talked about an etch a sket ch. what will it wrongly do next? fillmore had a great line about it wrongly, which i think is ok for c-span. he said that mitt romney changes positions more often than a pornographic movie queen. where is he going to be next? that is why i am not sure about mitt romney. i am sure about rick santorum. host: what about newt gingrich? is teddy is a great resonate and great credentials. -- i said he has great resources and great credentials. gingrich has a lot of qualifications. five years ago i was in the celebrity, the program in washington and had a good time. i decided to have an open mike in philadelphia. during the christmas season i decided to go back. i was well received. i have been invited to go to [inaudible] in new york on broadway. since i am going to be in new york next week promoting my book -- we have to show this book. may i have the book? i want to show this book. i'm going to be promoting this next week. it is an
i do not think that is right for america. mitt romney, where does he stand? yesterday his chief advisers talked about an etch a sket ch. what will it wrongly do next? fillmore had a great line about it wrongly, which i think is ok for c-span. he said that mitt romney changes positions more often than a pornographic movie queen. where is he going to be next? that is why i am not sure about mitt romney. i am sure about rick santorum. host: what about newt gingrich? is teddy is a great resonate...
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but i think that governor romney, being at 49% right now, that is a pretty good shot. i think we will be looking for a new president. host: that was david in portsmouth, virginia. this is from our facebook, at page. obama 1, mitt romney lost. just can't win. mitt romney endorsed obama last night and i for once -- i agree with mitt. in california, a supporter of president obama. caller: how were you? thank you for taking my call. host: what did you think of the debate? caller: i think mitt romney endorsed president obama. he put his arms around him and agreed with all of his foreign policy. after 47 years trashing everything he had been doing. last night he said, i agree with everything you are doing president obama. you are awesome. i agree with that. for those undecided people, the only question i have to ask themselves -- why is mitt romney 30 points behind in his own home state? he is to go to a free point and have them -- help them save their money. he has a real-life scenario right of their purity can tell the whole world that he really wants to save american jobs
but i think that governor romney, being at 49% right now, that is a pretty good shot. i think we will be looking for a new president. host: that was david in portsmouth, virginia. this is from our facebook, at page. obama 1, mitt romney lost. just can't win. mitt romney endorsed obama last night and i for once -- i agree with mitt. in california, a supporter of president obama. caller: how were you? thank you for taking my call. host: what did you think of the debate? caller: i think mitt...
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let us take a listen to mitt romney last night at the dinner. [video clip] >> you are right. a campaign can require a lot of a wardrobe changes. blue jeans in the morning. suits for a fund-raiser. a sport coat for dinner. it is nice to finally relax and where what we wear our around the house. [laughter] glad to be-- i am abl able to join in this tradition. we were talking tonight as it tuesday night never happened. [laughter] and i credit that to the cardinal. it is taken him to get us back on our best behavior. i was hoping the president would bring joe biden along this evening. because he will laugh at anything. [laughter] that is met romney at last night's dinner. our question for you this morning is whether a sense of humor matters and a candidate? in maryland on the democrat's line. good morning. caller: good morning. you are a great host. i love listening to you and the morning. i am on my way to work. i believe it is important to have a very good sense of humor but to keep in mind that -- there are some serious problems and these are some serious times. but in the end
let us take a listen to mitt romney last night at the dinner. [video clip] >> you are right. a campaign can require a lot of a wardrobe changes. blue jeans in the morning. suits for a fund-raiser. a sport coat for dinner. it is nice to finally relax and where what we wear our around the house. [laughter] glad to be-- i am abl able to join in this tradition. we were talking tonight as it tuesday night never happened. [laughter] and i credit that to the cardinal. it is taken him to get us...
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i think romney has a serious problem right now because the series of mistakes, really -- my wife has multiple cadillacs, $10,000 debt, $367 in speaking fees isn't very much money, et cetera, has created an image and he's having trouble getting out of that image and people are interpreting other events in light of that image. host: drew is joining us from chicago. guest: good to hear from a democrat. caller: you might not like me after my comment. i'm from the far northwest side of chicago which probably isn't -- never really fell in love with the hope and change of obama but my question really was two-part. number one, i see the president was trying to create a balancing act with this mandate between religious freedom and access to healthcare. but don't you think that that's sort of a false dichotomy considering that religious freedom is something that is established by first amendment to the constitution? and number two, why is birth control as equated with a need for healthcare reform -- or a health issue, i see a lot of times having a child is treated almost like it's a disease th
i think romney has a serious problem right now because the series of mistakes, really -- my wife has multiple cadillacs, $10,000 debt, $367 in speaking fees isn't very much money, et cetera, has created an image and he's having trouble getting out of that image and people are interpreting other events in light of that image. host: drew is joining us from chicago. guest: good to hear from a democrat. caller: you might not like me after my comment. i'm from the far northwest side of chicago which...
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[inaudible] right now, a vote for santorum is a vote for romney. [inaudible] florida has broken all the rules. host: joe, i've got to apologize. you are breaking up there. it's difficult to hear you. maybe you can call back on a clearer line. an exclusive story from abc. mitt romney will begin receiving secret service protection. his campaign has been informed that it will start receiving secret service protection this week, campaign sources said. secret service protection has been given to the campaign not because of a specific threat, but because of an increase in a crowd sizes, according to sources who refuse to be identified. abc with that story tomorrow. also, want to let you know what we plan to be covering later on this week on thursday. president obama will be at the national prayer breakfast at 8:00 eastern time on c-span2. fed chairman ben bernanke will be giving a state of the economy address before the house budget committee. we will have live coverage on c- span3 at 10:00 a.m. that's also on thursday. mitt romney supporter. good mornin
[inaudible] right now, a vote for santorum is a vote for romney. [inaudible] florida has broken all the rules. host: joe, i've got to apologize. you are breaking up there. it's difficult to hear you. maybe you can call back on a clearer line. an exclusive story from abc. mitt romney will begin receiving secret service protection. his campaign has been informed that it will start receiving secret service protection this week, campaign sources said. secret service protection has been given to the...
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the hispanic populations are rising so fast, and you are right, mitt romney did very well in 2008. amongst hispanics, he did very poorly. rudy giuliani took 24%. mitt romney has to turn that around, if he is going to win tonight. we cited a number of surveys from yesterday that had mitt romney up by 20. all of the reliable polls have mitt romney leading by double digits. he is likely going to do well amongst hispanics, as he is made such an effort to reach out to hispanic voters. he has had hispanic language television ads running for weeks now. he has had spanish english bilingual pieces running to the dominant houses in florida. he has the support of the spanish establishment. folks like his brother, and even david rivera -- the establishment republicans in the hispanic community, their support goes a long way. four years ago, they were with mitt romney, playing a big role. how do they relate on the national level? it will be a big problem. hispanic voters have consistently voted more for democrats by increasingly larger margins. in 2004, george w. bush took 44% of the hispanic v
the hispanic populations are rising so fast, and you are right, mitt romney did very well in 2008. amongst hispanics, he did very poorly. rudy giuliani took 24%. mitt romney has to turn that around, if he is going to win tonight. we cited a number of surveys from yesterday that had mitt romney up by 20. all of the reliable polls have mitt romney leading by double digits. he is likely going to do well amongst hispanics, as he is made such an effort to reach out to hispanic voters. he has had...
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too.have moneyo, right now i'm supporting mitt romney. host: let's get a response. guest: i am sorry that you lost your job. what is says is our economy is not on track. president obama knows that and his message is, "give me four more years." the message from mitt romney is, "get out of here. you have had enough time." that will be a crucial issue. people are looking for those messages. guest: it tends to get lost. not blaming that on the financial mess. of course it will affect him and his political outlook and his vote if he has felt the sting of this recession and getting laid off. a lot of people have been out of work for a long time. some of the jobs may not be coming back. anybody from the romney camp may be looking for this caller. guest: lois romano was talking about the people that en.t jobs mostly were white ma republicans have traditionally gone towards republicans anyway. he has the ability to capture your vote. host: lauren ashburn is the editor in chief of "daily download." howard kurtz is an adviser to the "daily download." guest: brand confusion. ho
too.have moneyo, right now i'm supporting mitt romney. host: let's get a response. guest: i am sorry that you lost your job. what is says is our economy is not on track. president obama knows that and his message is, "give me four more years." the message from mitt romney is, "get out of here. you have had enough time." that will be a crucial issue. people are looking for those messages. guest: it tends to get lost. not blaming that on the financial mess. of course it will...
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he notes that mitt romney, too, has a history of toppling climate change. he signed onto a regional cap and trade plan that would reduce carbon emissions. he could not be more right, but since then he has reversed course, abandoning the very program he once supported. this issue is too important. we need leadership of the national level to move the world and nation forward. that is michael bloomberg endorsing president obama over the issue of climate change and the hurricane sandy fallout. lots of news stories coming from the fallout. the hurricane death toll has been rising. the hurricane sandy death toll now above the 90 and rising as emergency workers canvas flood and fire-ravaged neighborhoods. police say at least 59 people were killed during a storm in new york city and a new jersey. , and security secretary and fema deputy administrator richard will be in a staten island, new york today. we are talking about the presidential battleground and non-swing states. we will go to john in saratoga springs, new york, on our line for independents. caller: good
he notes that mitt romney, too, has a history of toppling climate change. he signed onto a regional cap and trade plan that would reduce carbon emissions. he could not be more right, but since then he has reversed course, abandoning the very program he once supported. this issue is too important. we need leadership of the national level to move the world and nation forward. that is michael bloomberg endorsing president obama over the issue of climate change and the hurricane sandy fallout. lots...
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if mitt romney gets an, are we going to war right now? we need to take care of our people and our country here. all we are doing is finding reasons to get involved into other countries when obama and everyone else wants to focus on what is going on in in america today. mitt romney says we will crack down on china. how about the china alone. let's be -- let's do what we need to do in this country. everything is really screwed up. it will be sometime -- we know people are playing with the system. host: thank you for the call. from "the patriot news," in pennsylvania. it is expected to hit landfall possibly new jersey, delaware monday night and tuesday morning. next is a bill from illinois, on the republican line. caller: good morning. i would like to make a real quick, before i answer your question. this is for your program editor. i would like to see you guys having both the republican and democrat on at the same time instead of having us spoonfed from one party or the other. host: we are doing that today with representatives from the repu
if mitt romney gets an, are we going to war right now? we need to take care of our people and our country here. all we are doing is finding reasons to get involved into other countries when obama and everyone else wants to focus on what is going on in in america today. mitt romney says we will crack down on china. how about the china alone. let's be -- let's do what we need to do in this country. everything is really screwed up. it will be sometime -- we know people are playing with the system....
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huntsman and being mormon and mitt romney being a mormon. right now mr. romney is doing well in the polls, but i think once the press gets ahold of the mormon mormonreligion and expose its to the nation for what it is, they're going to see a different light. the american people really represent as far as being on top of the issues. we have a lot of people out there forwarding and don't know any of the issues. the dumbs down of america, as you might call it. the haves keeping the have nots in line where they want them. one time we were second and third in math and science in 1957. now 47th and 52nd in the world math and science. i find that to be just a little bit of truth. once that happens, i don't believe america, which was based on all the religions kicked out of england, mostly christian religions, are going to be able to accept him. >> steven, do you think mormonism is a cult? you use that word which jon huntsman said is not appropriate. >> caller: well, just like the jehovah witnesses. >> you were advocating other religious freedom? >> caller: no, i
huntsman and being mormon and mitt romney being a mormon. right now mr. romney is doing well in the polls, but i think once the press gets ahold of the mormon mormonreligion and expose its to the nation for what it is, they're going to see a different light. the american people really represent as far as being on top of the issues. we have a lot of people out there forwarding and don't know any of the issues. the dumbs down of america, as you might call it. the haves keeping the have nots in...
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when it comes to respecting women's rights, mitt romney says it now. when it comes to letting people love with a love and married to the one to mary, mitt romney says now. when it comes to expanding access to good health care, mitt romney said no. actually [laughter] actually -- [applause] actually -- actually -- mitt romney said yes and now he says no. governor romney has undergone an extreme makeover. [laughter] [applause] pretty.in't here is what we will say to mitt romney in november. we will sell no. host: from " the new york times" this morning, this review of michelle obama's appearance. all week long, if you want to make a comment on twitter about what you're seeing at the democratic national convention, the past tech is rigid -- the has tag is rigid >> as a mother of five boys, do we want to raise our month -- our children to be afraid of success that story send their children out in the world with the advice to try to do ok? let's be honest, if the last four years have been more successful, do we think there would be best attack on mitt romne
when it comes to respecting women's rights, mitt romney says it now. when it comes to letting people love with a love and married to the one to mary, mitt romney says now. when it comes to expanding access to good health care, mitt romney said no. actually [laughter] actually -- [applause] actually -- actually -- mitt romney said yes and now he says no. governor romney has undergone an extreme makeover. [laughter] [applause] pretty.in't here is what we will say to mitt romney in november. we...
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mitt romney has had the same platform. he reduced taxes 19 times and raise the level of education where became the number 1 state in accomplishments in the country. he saved the winter olympics. he has been a successful businessman and a successful governor and a successful leader of our olympics effort. he has touched hasn turned out to be an excess. -- a success. caller: mr. conservative, new line that we are worse off four years ago. we're losing 850,000 jobs a month. it doesn't seem to register. how are we better off losing 830,000 jobs a month? gdp at minus six. now we are at plus-two. how are we worse off under obama than bush? >> 23 million people are unemployed and out of work. that is about twice as many as when he took office. nobody is saying the country was not in bad straits when he took office. he took office and made a number of promises and he has not been able to keep any of them. he said he would reduce the national debt by one half. we have lost our credit rating for the first time in history. he said he
mitt romney has had the same platform. he reduced taxes 19 times and raise the level of education where became the number 1 state in accomplishments in the country. he saved the winter olympics. he has been a successful businessman and a successful governor and a successful leader of our olympics effort. he has touched hasn turned out to be an excess. -- a success. caller: mr. conservative, new line that we are worse off four years ago. we're losing 850,000 jobs a month. it doesn't seem to...
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caller: i held my nose and voted for romney. if youonservative, but ask me if i believe in abortion, i do not think it is anyone's business but the woman and her god. i think republicans are run around too much by the religious right. i think where people could -- should become independence. -- independents. you have got to think common sense in this day and time. you're not -- you cannot keep holding on to your democrat or republican party. host: that is dana in oceanside, california. san antonio, texas, a democrat. caller: i was calling about the income tax. not just getting free money, having babies. host: our next call is anjou in marlborough, massachusetts. line 4 independents. -- in robert, massachusetts. line for independents. caller: it is an american problem, and all americans need to step up and help to fix it. for me, i'm willing to pay more taxes if you show me that you're doing the right thing. maybe somehow tie it to a balanced budget amendment. all we hear is talking about increasing taxes or reducing withholdings
caller: i held my nose and voted for romney. if youonservative, but ask me if i believe in abortion, i do not think it is anyone's business but the woman and her god. i think republicans are run around too much by the religious right. i think where people could -- should become independence. -- independents. you have got to think common sense in this day and time. you're not -- you cannot keep holding on to your democrat or republican party. host: that is dana in oceanside, california. san...
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caller: right. if this race goes on until september, they can direct more resources to senate and house races. they will operate on their own until they have a ticket. calhost: if it's romney against santorum, does that changed the dynamic? caller: i don't know. rick santorum has had problems throughout the process. if there is financial resources and it that's one problem and then there's organization. i don't know how he can fix that in time to win. gingrich seems to have his own plan right now. if i don't know how viable is. his own plan of holding on long enough to force a contested convention, where he believes he might able to form alliances with santorum and ron paul to deny romney the nomination. host: which states are keyed to romney pose electoral chances and are also competitive senate races? caller: four races or four states where the presidential race is going to have a big impact on the senate race. it would be the open seats in virginia and wisconsin. the seed in ohio and the seat in
caller: right. if this race goes on until september, they can direct more resources to senate and house races. they will operate on their own until they have a ticket. calhost: if it's romney against santorum, does that changed the dynamic? caller: i don't know. rick santorum has had problems throughout the process. if there is financial resources and it that's one problem and then there's organization. i don't know how he can fix that in time to win. gingrich seems to have his own plan right...
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host: what do you think mitt romney will do to change things? caller: mitt romney is a terrific businessman. he is a terrific organizer. being a mormon, he will do things right. he will put that house in order. guarantied. host: let's hear from ryan in houston. caller: i think we need more regulations. you have people who are only thinking about themselves and not the whole country. then they want to take their money and go to other countries. i think it is mainly in the south. you know what i'm saying? they want the president to make decisions, you know? i appreciate the call. host: thank you for calling. let's take a look again at what these rules change. it requires the deputy secretary to review any conference that goes over $100,000. and agencies have to post every january how much the previous year's conferences cost. a florida of, what do you think -- florida caller, what do you think about these new rules? people need to actually research about how money comes into the government and circulation. if the government has bonds and a bar mon
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especially when it comes to mitt romney and paul ryan. paul ryan's budget which he just put out and is very proud of it is cutting all programs for the poor. now, how can you -- and paul ryan claims to be a christian. how can you be a christian and a politician and yet take from the poor and give to the rich. i'm totally confused about religion and politics in the 2012 campaign. can you explain that, please? guest: thanks for the call. the caller is pointing out something that's indicative, i think, of going back to "the new york times" piece here of the divisions between the parties on religion that, you know, what we have often is republicans, you know, quoting one part of the bible and democrats quoting another part of the bible to sort of justify and we do see that there has been some criticism by sort of middle and left leaning religious groups over the ryan budget for precisely these reasons but it -- it has the effect, i think, of undercutting some programs or underfunding or defunding programs for the poor that i think many people
especially when it comes to mitt romney and paul ryan. paul ryan's budget which he just put out and is very proud of it is cutting all programs for the poor. now, how can you -- and paul ryan claims to be a christian. how can you be a christian and a politician and yet take from the poor and give to the rich. i'm totally confused about religion and politics in the 2012 campaign. can you explain that, please? guest: thanks for the call. the caller is pointing out something that's indicative, i...
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we're probably in the high single digits right now if you look at soft obama of voters and soft romney voters. you are probably at 8-to 10%. >> -- 8-10%. >> neil newhouse has a different view. gregg's are looking at -- are looking at white women with college degrees? >> white suburban women have always been an important part of presidential elections in this century. >> are they the undecided voters? >> i think a lot of this race is already locked in. that is why we are looking at nine weeks out, even going into the republican convention, this portion of undecided voters has not really changed from the start of the republican convention. you are seeing right -- younger voters getting galvanized. more of them are registering to vote. more of them are porges of trading in the campaign again and -- more of them are volunteering in the campaign again. i think we have work to do to turn out our core voters, young voters, african-americans orders, latino voters. but white suburban voters, i think we did very well -- by the way, the end of the campaign that lasted, the voters that we were cha
we're probably in the high single digits right now if you look at soft obama of voters and soft romney voters. you are probably at 8-to 10%. >> -- 8-10%. >> neil newhouse has a different view. gregg's are looking at -- are looking at white women with college degrees? >> white suburban women have always been an important part of presidential elections in this century. >> are they the undecided voters? >> i think a lot of this race is already locked in. that is why...
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guest: right. if he wants to have a sister soldier moment, go to the nra. there is gun control but we need. host: here is vice president joe biden yesterday in houston, texas. [video clip] >> it is about the right to vote, because when you have the right to vote, you have the right to change things. [applause] we, the president, and i and er ic and all of us see a future where those are expanded, not diminished, where racial profiling is a thing of the past. [applause] where access to the ballot is expanded and unencumbered. [applause] where there are no distinctions made on the basis of race or gender in access to housing and lending. [applause] so much more. host: james carville. did you get the feeling the vice president said i want to go down and give that speech? he was having a heck of a time. he is a good speaker. he gets fired up. host: stan greenberg, will be to take away from the research and the writing? guest: the most important thing is listening to people. you can never lose track of the. you have to listen to ordinary folks. whenever you thin
guest: right. if he wants to have a sister soldier moment, go to the nra. there is gun control but we need. host: here is vice president joe biden yesterday in houston, texas. [video clip] >> it is about the right to vote, because when you have the right to vote, you have the right to change things. [applause] we, the president, and i and er ic and all of us see a future where those are expanded, not diminished, where racial profiling is a thing of the past. [applause] where access to the...
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the farther right positions governor romney was forced to take in the primary to get the nomination and he was stuck with them. lost the hispanic vote by 40 points. they need to focus on some of the social issues. they need to express themselves in a way that don't alienate suburban women. we had a senate candidate who talked about rape and how if that happened it was god's will. people listen to that and thought, "he met the representatives of me." you have to look at turning at your base. elections tend to be decided in the middle. what was it about the republican message that was not as attractive to the moderates? host: could you be a candidate for president? guest: the only thing you find in the middle of the road are dead armadillos. host: 1 and holding the money for -- what are you holding the money for ? guest: i have given away a fair amount. i have kept some. i'm 56 years old. you just never know what the future holds. i love public service and wanted to keep the option open. if the option is close, i'll give away the money on a more aggressive basis. host: is 2016 a possibili
the farther right positions governor romney was forced to take in the primary to get the nomination and he was stuck with them. lost the hispanic vote by 40 points. they need to focus on some of the social issues. they need to express themselves in a way that don't alienate suburban women. we had a senate candidate who talked about rape and how if that happened it was god's will. people listen to that and thought, "he met the representatives of me." you have to look at turning at your...
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host: we will seek to the wall right now, back-to-back. [video clip] ann romney raised five boys and overcame breast cancer, but what is said about her. >> restore our future is the -- is responsible for the content of this message. >> mitt romney shut this down. they promised us they would retain our retirement program and our health care package. those were the first to do all things to disappear. this is booming. mitt romney and bain capital turned it into a junk yard. they do not live in this neighborhood. they do not live in this part of the world. >> produce u.s. is responsible for this advertising. host: we have seen these of the time. what is the difference now? guest: we will see more of it. we have never seen this amount of money flowing into the elections. in the last presidential election in 2008, a total of $5.2 billion was spent. we will see at least $8 billion spent in 2012. that means those type of eds will be repeated over and over and over as we get closer to the 2012 election. these are the type of ad designs not only to
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right now, mitt romney has 454 delegates. compared to 217 for rick santorum. newt gingrich has 107. ron paul has 47. yesterday, in springfield missouri, rick santorum saying that with the economy improving, foreign policy may be the dominant issue. he suggested that a nuclear- armed iran may emerge and is an import issue in the 2012 election. he said that foreign policy experience making the most qualified for the presidency. rick santorum argued the economy may be taking a backseat to foreign policy. again, that from inside "the national journal." bridget is joining us. good morning. is america on decline? caller: no. is is not. what is necessary is for the nation to take a new direction. for someone to come along who has an idea of what is better than being offered today. there is such a thing called a modest proposal which suggests a new proposal. host: thank you. according to democrats aren't washington state, saying to the courts, he is working on behalf of washing and state and has never forgot where he came from. he is the son of the pacific northwest. his and a champion of o
right now, mitt romney has 454 delegates. compared to 217 for rick santorum. newt gingrich has 107. ron paul has 47. yesterday, in springfield missouri, rick santorum saying that with the economy improving, foreign policy may be the dominant issue. he suggested that a nuclear- armed iran may emerge and is an import issue in the 2012 election. he said that foreign policy experience making the most qualified for the presidency. rick santorum argued the economy may be taking a backseat to foreign...
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romney is just like obama. he will lose. what we need is less government and more freedoms, not more government and less freedoms. host: all right, jim. sue is on the line from des moines, iowa. what do you make of this infighting, "the wall street turned -- "the wall street journal" it is leaving the party divided. you agree? caller: yes, i do. i do think it will take more than just who we have running to make a difference. i don't believe the president now has america's best interest at heart in any way, shape, or form, and i think we have to have somebody who can beat him. i am not sure anyone can because we seem to have so much grass in corruption in our system now that i am not sure he was legally elected last time, so i am not sure anyone can beat him this time if we did not do something about enforcing the fact that our votes are all completely counting -- counted. i am disappointed because my candidate was not mr. romney. i know people who say if he is chosen, they will not vote for him. but i do not see what option
romney is just like obama. he will lose. what we need is less government and more freedoms, not more government and less freedoms. host: all right, jim. sue is on the line from des moines, iowa. what do you make of this infighting, "the wall street turned -- "the wall street journal" it is leaving the party divided. you agree? caller: yes, i do. i do think it will take more than just who we have running to make a difference. i don't believe the president now has america's best...
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so this is basically what romney has fought. and i am not sure that it is going to work out well for him. >> since you brought it up, how did those two deletions -- >> actually, i did not bring it up. i think you brought it up. [laughter] but i am not surprise. >> how did those two deletions occur? we are still there or we inserted at the president's direction. >> they were. i do not precisely know. obviously, it was done without the decedent's of the president. you know, when he saw what was going on, he said, just put it back. and that is what we did. i mean, we in no way meant to apply change in our party's platform or i did to the president's thinking about this, so we reasserted the 2008 language. >> how did you all discover it? >> well, i think it is fair to say it was brought to our attention by people who were scrutinizing our platform more closely. so we learned about it when the republicans raised it, and it became, you know, the latest ball of yarn for the news media. >> and it was the president -- >> yeah. there were
so this is basically what romney has fought. and i am not sure that it is going to work out well for him. >> since you brought it up, how did those two deletions -- >> actually, i did not bring it up. i think you brought it up. [laughter] but i am not surprise. >> how did those two deletions occur? we are still there or we inserted at the president's direction. >> they were. i do not precisely know. obviously, it was done without the decedent's of the president. you...
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if romney were elected, would we be talking about this right now? for president obama and the cabinet positions, particularly the treasury secretary, that will be the first step before they get to that. host: fresno, california, a republican. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am going to quickly say i am listening to a lot of these calls coming in talking to democrats and republicans alike kind of complaining in saying that republicans should do some soul-searching or what-not. no, if we were to go to the grocery store or go anywhere else and tell each other -- where these buttons as a dozen a democrat or republican, i wonder how we would get along with each other? i think we have to keep in mind that we're not democrats, we're not republicans. we are americans and we are christians as well. we are a mixture of up so many things. i i really am -- i used to be a democrat years ago because my mother was a democrat. then i turned republican because my father was a republican and i learned from both of them. i respect both parties. i did not vote
if romney were elected, would we be talking about this right now? for president obama and the cabinet positions, particularly the treasury secretary, that will be the first step before they get to that. host: fresno, california, a republican. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am going to quickly say i am listening to a lot of these calls coming in talking to democrats and republicans alike kind of complaining in saying that republicans should do some soul-searching or what-not. no, if we...
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the coast, they right, could be the key for mitt romney. the impressive performance along the coast, a competitive showing, and more socially conservative upstate counties running slightly ahead across south carolina's mid lands. a strategy that propelled senator mccain to a narrow 33% win here four years ago. a blueprint, they write, could build similar success for mitt romney on january 21. we have a short piece from our news makers' program. if you're not familiar with, runs every sunday at 10:00 a.m. on this network. 10:00 a.m. eastern time with a replay at 6:00 p.m. the news maker guest is chad connolly, the south carolina gop chairman. at 10:00 a.m., he'll talk in part habit -- about the ground games of all of the camps in south carolina. here's a look. >> some camps have great ground games. speaker gingrich has poured time and effort to having a great ground game. he's got good people around the state working with him, some within the party, some within the tea party itself. senator santorum. i made a press a couple of days ago when
the coast, they right, could be the key for mitt romney. the impressive performance along the coast, a competitive showing, and more socially conservative upstate counties running slightly ahead across south carolina's mid lands. a strategy that propelled senator mccain to a narrow 33% win here four years ago. a blueprint, they write, could build similar success for mitt romney on january 21. we have a short piece from our news makers' program. if you're not familiar with, runs every sunday at...
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right now the mayor romney campaign out raising the democrats and the president. ed is on the phone. caller: it is jobs being outsourced, including communist china. that is why we are in of this miss. my party the republicans, shame on you, selling your soul to grover norquist. we needed senate bill 2013. we had another chance with 3364 two months ago and republicans killed it. we need to end the corporate welfare through the tax code that encourages companies to take our jobs to other countries. that is why we are in this miss. host: until the election, let's drop the talking percent come up with original ideas to get the country back on track. new unemployment numbers show it dropped a point%, many people now leaving the workforce and unemployment rolls. the chair of the democratic caucus. guest: what does that mean as congress comes back next week? guest: it means we are heading in the right direction. what it means is republicans ought to take up the president was a jobs bill. that is the only jobs bill out there that puts to acquire 1 million people back to w
right now the mayor romney campaign out raising the democrats and the president. ed is on the phone. caller: it is jobs being outsourced, including communist china. that is why we are in of this miss. my party the republicans, shame on you, selling your soul to grover norquist. we needed senate bill 2013. we had another chance with 3364 two months ago and republicans killed it. we need to end the corporate welfare through the tax code that encourages companies to take our jobs to other...
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mitt romney? guest: i do not think that that is fair. this is why we support the flat tax. it is not about paying a fair share. fairness in america has always been defined as treating everyone like everyone else under the law of the land. i think it is a crime that if you are rich enough, you can come to this town, cut a deal, get one of those expanders from every year. what if we treated everyone the same? what if we knew that you paid 10% on every dollar? that would be an american tax code. caller: george, new castle, good morning -- host: george, new castle, good morning. caller: my wife and i are on social security and we had some savings with interest on it. the president came along and save general motors, which cost us $25,000, plus $150 per month. they also had some banks that were paying interest that cost us another $100 per month. here we are with $100,000 loss from our savings. around $300,000 per month. i am sure that with the gm deal alone, hundreds of the thousands of small investor
mitt romney? guest: i do not think that that is fair. this is why we support the flat tax. it is not about paying a fair share. fairness in america has always been defined as treating everyone like everyone else under the law of the land. i think it is a crime that if you are rich enough, you can come to this town, cut a deal, get one of those expanders from every year. what if we treated everyone the same? what if we knew that you paid 10% on every dollar? that would be an american tax code....
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say that paul ryan is far right and maybe that is who mitt romney is as well. i don't think they're the ones to determine how people vote but they could be seen sully as part of a larger package. host: will go to salisbury, missouri, democratic column. caller: the main thing in the debate tonight should be the american people need to see what the republicans have done to this country. i am 66 years old. in 1965, i went to work making men's dress pants. when ronald reagan got into office, he started regulating everything. before he got out of office, missouri was losing its shoe factories. in 1991, our factory closed and sold as several others. -- and so did several others. these people are not for the american people. they are out for the rich people in this country and i think it is sad when a democrat gets into office, they turn into bullies. they don't want the democrats to get a thing done. i think it is so pathetic. they are getting paid to work for this country and instead they are just a bunch of bullies. host: what about her sentiment? guest: i think vi
say that paul ryan is far right and maybe that is who mitt romney is as well. i don't think they're the ones to determine how people vote but they could be seen sully as part of a larger package. host: will go to salisbury, missouri, democratic column. caller: the main thing in the debate tonight should be the american people need to see what the republicans have done to this country. i am 66 years old. in 1965, i went to work making men's dress pants. when ronald reagan got into office, he...
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unfortunately for huntsman, there is another guy, mitt romney, who already has the title right now. there has not been much of an opening for huntsman. if you look of bondsman campaign and the romney campaign, the type of voters they're going after, fiscal conservative voters, who care more about economic issues and social issues, they tend to be concentrated along the coast and, to a certain extent, in the midlands. mitt romney and jon huntsman appeared to be only candidates who are going after those voters substantially. there are a couple political experts here that think that jon huntsman could hurt mitt romney in that way and that he might want to think about his strategy with jon huntsman going forward. this strategy could cut into the base of mitt romney. host: if you wish to call in, with a special number for callers from south carolina. otherwise, numbers as usual on the bottom of the screen. send us it twitter message twitter.com/c-spanwj, -- you can also send us a twitter message at twitter.com/c-spanwj. "we need someone who understands negotiations are essential to repre
unfortunately for huntsman, there is another guy, mitt romney, who already has the title right now. there has not been much of an opening for huntsman. if you look of bondsman campaign and the romney campaign, the type of voters they're going after, fiscal conservative voters, who care more about economic issues and social issues, they tend to be concentrated along the coast and, to a certain extent, in the midlands. mitt romney and jon huntsman appeared to be only candidates who are going...
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and in the "richmond times" this morning, only romney and paul are on the ballot in virginia. this is the their headline. and then in the "tulsa world this morning" courtesy of the museum, state finally gets its say in the g.o.p. fuss. that's what "the tulsa world" has to say. "the columbus dispatch" the ohio paper, super showdown is their headline. the race to be the republican parties presidential nominee gathers no men tumble. a lot of eyes will be on ohio and what happens in that state, as well as tennessee. and then, in oklahoma this morning, that paper, "the oklahoman" paper endorsed mitt romney. he is the best choice for g.o.p. victory in november. saying that he has the best chance against president obama. and then the "tennesseen" has this. makeup life for early turn out today. in their view it's been not such a super tuesday. fact is that too few of any party are exercising their right to have a say in how their local state and federal governments are run. so those are some of the local headlines for you this morning, giving you a taste of the race, a handicap of wha
and in the "richmond times" this morning, only romney and paul are on the ballot in virginia. this is the their headline. and then in the "tulsa world this morning" courtesy of the museum, state finally gets its say in the g.o.p. fuss. that's what "the tulsa world" has to say. "the columbus dispatch" the ohio paper, super showdown is their headline. the race to be the republican parties presidential nominee gathers no men tumble. a lot of eyes will be on...
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three, were in making the distinction of being for gay rights, but against same-sex marriage. back in 2008, the only one of the candidates who could put together two sentences that made sense of why they were opposed to same-sex marriage was mike huckabee. now you have those three in particular on that saturday night debate who were quite articulate and eloquent in making the distinction in ways that the general voting population could understand. but mr. ronnie's campaign is not defined by the social conservative -- but mr. romney's campaign is not defined by his social conservatism. host: back to our discussion regarding the president's proposal to streamline government and put different agencies all under one umbrella. we have this call from pat on our line for independence from washington, d.c. caller: what i am looking at right now is that we have to reform -- we talk about checking balances and now we're talking about reorganizing. you have three branches of government. you have the executive branch, the congress, and the u.s. supreme court. we the people have given no o
three, were in making the distinction of being for gay rights, but against same-sex marriage. back in 2008, the only one of the candidates who could put together two sentences that made sense of why they were opposed to same-sex marriage was mike huckabee. now you have those three in particular on that saturday night debate who were quite articulate and eloquent in making the distinction in ways that the general voting population could understand. but mr. ronnie's campaign is not defined by the...
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guest: the fact we checked is that mitt romney would deny gay people the right to adopt children. we raided that false. we found that there just was nothing in what romney had said --support that claim tha eddie had been consistently opposed to gay marriage, but also said he respected state adoption laws, including laws that allow gay couples to adopt. nothing to support that one. we raided that one false on our truth-o-meter. host: we are going to take some of your calls. we will go up to new york. richard is waiting on the republican line. good morning, richard. caller: good morning. i was wondering -- i've been looking at this website -- the real delicate town. they have romney at 627 and ron paul at 156. a long way to tampa of. is anybody investigating -- ron paul says he has more donations from the current military and veterans' then all of the other candidates combined, including the president. other than that, of the shenanigans that went on in shreveport where ron paul got 62% of the delegates and then they elected a new chairman. the old chairmen had his man hipt was on a
guest: the fact we checked is that mitt romney would deny gay people the right to adopt children. we raided that false. we found that there just was nothing in what romney had said --support that claim tha eddie had been consistently opposed to gay marriage, but also said he respected state adoption laws, including laws that allow gay couples to adopt. nothing to support that one. we raided that one false on our truth-o-meter. host: we are going to take some of your calls. we will go up to new...
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mitt romney is saying you are defining fairness wrong mr. president. we should be getting in front of that with a majoritarian definition, the optimistic definition of fairness is the right way to go. he is making a smart decision and that. host: 10 is on the democratic line from indiana. good morning, tim. caller: my question is, my sun is in -- my son is in south korea and defending us. how does free enterprise and capitalism work when, unfortunately, we gorge our military for its wants and needs, and the rich, and yet we gouge our poor people? it is not working. also, on the point of marijuana , the industries that will open up on the medical side -- wouldn't that help our economy? guest: defense vs. the poor -- this is something we need to pay attention to, the fact that our defense budget, including the war spending, comes to a little under 5% of gdp. whether or not that is too much or too little depends on your point of view. starkly if you look at the numbers, it is not high. ly, if you look at the numbers, it is not high. but we're spending alm
mitt romney is saying you are defining fairness wrong mr. president. we should be getting in front of that with a majoritarian definition, the optimistic definition of fairness is the right way to go. he is making a smart decision and that. host: 10 is on the democratic line from indiana. good morning, tim. caller: my question is, my sun is in -- my son is in south korea and defending us. how does free enterprise and capitalism work when, unfortunately, we gorge our military for its wants and...
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guest: it is his right to do so. mitt romney says that he is not owed a penny more than what is asked from him by the government. jay carney tries to get public figures to give to the treasury to reduce the deficit. a couple members of congress do this. the president has decided not yet to do that, but maybe down the road we could see mitt romney or barack obama offering to pay down the deficit at some point. but he has not done so yet. but certainly i thing most people will say, listen, you should not pay more taxes than you owe. if you are allowed these exemptions, you should take them. host: there's a question coming in on twitter asking if you could book describes the economy in 2008 versus 2012 and talk about what the political implications are in the house and senate and overall. guest: that's quite a question. it is interesting, because when you look at presidential election years, they are very much based on the economy. if you look at right around election time in 2008, that's when you really had your big st
guest: it is his right to do so. mitt romney says that he is not owed a penny more than what is asked from him by the government. jay carney tries to get public figures to give to the treasury to reduce the deficit. a couple members of congress do this. the president has decided not yet to do that, but maybe down the road we could see mitt romney or barack obama offering to pay down the deficit at some point. but he has not done so yet. but certainly i thing most people will say, listen, you...
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romney say to obama the other night, oh! the -- everything obama does is no good. the fault is obama. obama shouldn't be president. mr. romney born with a gold spoon born in his mouth and our family is in the way. you can see why why did the camera see the wife, mr. romney wife. i know that the problem is republican. my -- my good friend, america, i no am a big deal here. but be careful because if mr. romney going to be president of the united states, it's a mistake. this country will be done, done, done. >> host: show you a headline from the washington examiner today. it's an a.p. story. but the headline says obama trying to make a case for sticking with him. they write here julie pace does -- don't expect president obama to try to reinvent himself next week. instead, he and a slew of defenders will seek to convince voters to stick on the president they know rather than gamble on someone they knew. a challenging task that most say is headed in the wrong direction. that's the washington examiner. another paper from north carolina this morning, the sunday news and o
romney say to obama the other night, oh! the -- everything obama does is no good. the fault is obama. obama shouldn't be president. mr. romney born with a gold spoon born in his mouth and our family is in the way. you can see why why did the camera see the wife, mr. romney wife. i know that the problem is republican. my -- my good friend, america, i no am a big deal here. but be careful because if mr. romney going to be president of the united states, it's a mistake. this country will be done,...
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but understand that ron paul is behind mitt romney. the super pak people walk right by his office. he does not work with them. is that true? that makes quite a strong statement in itself. guest: endorse liberty has spent $3.4 million to support his campaign. they're raising and spending millions of dollars to promote the candidate. it is true that he is the number two, the second republican candidate following mitt romney in overall receipts with nearly $26 million raised. a strong showing for the campaign given that half of that money comes from small donors. that is a signal of great strength for the campaign. they can go back to them again and again to get them far beyond what they have given so far and giving thousands of dollars. >> from the fourth quarter and one sector of the market. the kind of contributions, let's take a look. mitt romney, 1.5 million compared to about 120,000 for the president and his reelection effort. goldman sachs employees, you can see the breakdown. bankamerica, 77,002 mitt romney, 16,002 obama. >> a pretty stark contrast from the financial industry
but understand that ron paul is behind mitt romney. the super pak people walk right by his office. he does not work with them. is that true? that makes quite a strong statement in itself. guest: endorse liberty has spent $3.4 million to support his campaign. they're raising and spending millions of dollars to promote the candidate. it is true that he is the number two, the second republican candidate following mitt romney in overall receipts with nearly $26 million raised. a strong showing for...